{"title":"Holdson","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoldson is a New Zealand family firm that has been making jigsaw puzzles in Auckland since 1939, when it cut its first ones out of plywood on a modified sewing machine. In Australia you almost always meet it through one range: Holdson manufactures \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wasgij\"\u003eWasgij\u003c\/a\u003e under licence for New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, which is why the same Wasgij title often appears here as both a Jumbo edition and a Holdson one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Australia's Puzzle Institute:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/the-puzzle-institute\/complete-guide-to-holdson-puzzles\"\u003eThe Complete Guide to Holdson Puzzles →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Holdson edition is the easier of the two to get hold of here and the better value. Its board is thinner and the fit looser than the Jumbo original, which is a drawback if you build on a board and slide finished sections around, and an advantage when you want the puzzle to come apart cleanly at the end. The guide sets out which one to buy for how you actually build.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorth knowing: the Wasgij Retro titles come as \u003cstrong\u003e500 piece XL\u003c\/strong\u003e, with physically larger pieces and a full-size adult image. For anyone finding standard pieces hard on the eyes or the hands, that is a far better answer than simply dropping the piece count.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wasgij\"\u003eWasgij\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jumbo\"\u003eJumbo\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/extra-large-pieces\"\u003eExtra Large Pieces\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/1000-pieces-1\"\u003e1000 Pieces\u003c\/a\u003e. Free shipping Australia-wide on orders over $150.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"holdson-wasgij-mystery-21-brewing-1000-piece-jigsaw-puzzle","title":"Wasgij - Mystery 21: Brewing! 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe picture on the box is not the puzzle. In a Mystery you build what happens next\u003c\/b\u003e, and\nhere a brewery tour is about thirty seconds from disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich Wasgij is this\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a \u003cb\u003eMystery\u003c\/b\u003e you build the moments after the scene on the box. In an \u003cb\u003eOriginal\u003c\/b\u003e\nyou build what a character can see. In a \u003cb\u003eDestiny\u003c\/b\u003e you build the same place at a different\ntime. The character on the side of the box, a tour guide in a blue blazer with his finger raised,\nis the one whose next few seconds you are building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is on the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inside of a brewery: a tall brick hall with arched windows, copper kettles and stills on\nthe left, banks of stainless steel fermenting vessels on the right, and stacked kegs and copper\npipework running across the ceiling. A large clock on the back wall showing nearly closing time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA steel walkway crosses the middle of the picture at first-floor height, crowded with a hen\nparty in matching pink WENDY'S HEN DO t-shirts and cowboy hats, several of them holding tasting\nglasses, plus assorted tourists and the guide. Below on the tiled floor, more visitors, children,\na dog, a man with a clipboard, and on the right a very large man in a blue shirt holding a TIPSY\nBREWING carrier bag and grinning. Warning signs on the vessels read DO NOT TOUCH.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is like to build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSort by material, because the setting gives you unusually clean families.\u003c\/b\u003e Copper,\nstainless steel, red brick, tiled floor, and people. Those five are genuinely distinguishable at\npiece scale, which is more than most Wasgij boxes offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe walkway is your best single feature\u003c\/b\u003e, a hard horizontal steel band running the full\nwidth with a railing on it. Build the border, then that. Wasgij art is heavy black outline over\nflat fill, so any piece carrying a line is worth several that do not. \u003cb\u003eExpect longer than a\nstandard 1000 and a better payoff at the end.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eRange\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWasgij Mystery No. 21, Trouble Brewing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMade by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHoldson, made in New Zealand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePieces\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1000\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinished size\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e68.6 x 48 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe catch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe solved image is not on the box\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA little context\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWasgij back numbers go out of print rather than being reprinted and each strand is numbered\nseparately, so a gap in a collection tends to stay a gap. 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Around her: a\nman collapsed over a rowing machine, someone being weighed on a set of scales and not enjoying\nit, a woman in a leotard mid-aerobics, a man in an orange tracksuit up a ladder hanging\ndecorations, a dog that has got in somehow, spilled water bottles and a discarded doughnut, and\na queue of people at the door in ordinary clothes having second thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is like to build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSort by colour family and by line, because you have no reference picture.\u003c\/b\u003e Skin tones,\nthe pale green of the gym walls, the primary colours of the sportswear, the grey of the\nequipment. 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There is also a\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/jumbo-wasgij-retro-original-6-1000-piece-jigsaw-puzzle\"\u003estandard 1000 piece\nedition\u003c\/a\u003e of the same title. Same picture, same puzzle to solve, very different evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the XL format matters here specifically\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Wasgij is already harder than a normal puzzle, because you are building a picture you have\nnever seen. Adding a small piece size on top of that is what makes people give up. \u003cb\u003e500 large\npieces takes the fiddliness out and leaves the interesting part in\u003c\/b\u003e, which makes this the\nright one to start on, and the right one for anybody whose hands or eyes would rather not fight\na 1000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow a Wasgij works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an \u003cb\u003eOriginal\u003c\/b\u003e you build the scene from one character's point of view, and it appears\nnowhere on the packaging. Here the instruction is to \u003cb\u003epuzzle what the neighbour sees\u003c\/b\u003e, and\nhe is the man on the side of the box in the striped shirt, mid-outrage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is on the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA suburban back garden in slow-motion collapse. Two men lean on a fence in the foreground, one\nin a yellow and red argyle jumper seen from behind, the other holding a copy of SUPER GRO and\nlooking appalled. Behind them: a greenhouse with someone inside it, a hammock with a man falling\nout of it, a treehouse, a hang glider coming down over the rooftops, a chimney sweep's brush\nerupting from a chimney, a man up a ladder, a woman on a floral swing seat, a pond with a fish\nleaving it, gnomes, an oversized snail and several loose chickens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is like to build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSort by colour family and by line, because you have no reference picture.\u003c\/b\u003e Skin tones,\nlawn and hedge green, fence brown, and the block colours of the clothing. \u003cb\u003eThe fence across\nthe foreground is your best feature\u003c\/b\u003e, a strong horizontal band of vertical boards running the\nfull width. Build the border, then the fence, then work upward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eRange\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWasgij Retro Original No. 6, Blooming Marvellous\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMade by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHoldson, made in New Zealand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePieces\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e500 XL, extra large format\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe catch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe solved image is not on the box\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA little context\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge-piece adult puzzles are one of the genuinely underserved corners of the market\u003c\/b\u003e,\nand a large-piece Wasgij is rarer still. If somebody has been curious about the format but put\noff by the difficulty, this is the honest recommendation rather than the 1000.\nDerived from multiple public data sources across retail, search and community platforms, refreshed 31 August 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStock is real and it is in Sydney.\u003c\/b\u003e Free shipping Australia wide over $150, and free same-day delivery inside 6 km of North Bondi with no minimum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuilt it already? Use the Questions section below and tell us how you found it.\u003c\/b\u003e Which part fought you, how long it took, and whether you would send someone else to it. We answer every one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wasgij","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49720257806578,"sku":"77945","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0341\/3032\/9736\/files\/275285.jpg?v=1782622953"},{"product_id":"holdson-wasgij-xmas-21-merry-makeover-1000-piece-jigsaw-puzzle","title":"Wasgij - Xmas 21: Merry Makeover 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe picture on this box is not the puzzle inside it.\u003c\/b\u003e That is the entire point of\nWasgij, and if you have never built one it is genuinely a different activity from every other\npuzzle on this site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore you buy, one thing worth knowing.\u003c\/b\u003e We stock this exact title in two editions.\n\u003cb\u003eThis is the Holdson single edition: one 1000 piece puzzle, made in New Zealand.\u003c\/b\u003e There is\nalso a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wasgij-christmas-21-2-x-1000-piece-jigsaw-puzzle\"\u003eJumbo Special\nEdition\u003c\/a\u003e of this title, which is a different box containing \u003cb\u003etwo\u003c\/b\u003e 1000 piece puzzles\nrather than one. The two editions are not the same product, so it is worth reading both pages\nbefore you choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow a Wasgij actually works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe box shows you a scene. Your job is to build \u003cb\u003ewhat one character in that scene can\nsee\u003c\/b\u003e, which is a completely different picture that appears nowhere on the packaging. On this\none the instruction is explicit: \u003cb\u003edon't puzzle what you see, puzzle what Mrs Claus sees.\u003c\/b\u003e\nHer reaction, front and centre in a pink fur coat with her hands to her face, is the only clue\nyou get about what she is looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo you build it from logic and from the pieces themselves, not from a reference image.\u003c\/b\u003e\nThat is either the best thing you have ever heard about a jigsaw or the worst, and there is not\nmuch middle ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is on the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA grand department store hall dressed for Christmas: a gold ceiling, chandeliers and hot air\nballoon decorations hanging, a big decorated tree with a gold bow, cone-shaped feature trees in\npink and blue. A man in a blue suit with his arms spread wide, mid-presentation, with a\nthoroughly alarmed reindeer beside him. Santa in the crowd, a nutcracker guard in a bearskin on\nthe left, a snowman, and a crowd of shoppers reacting. Mrs Claus is the one in pink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is like to build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuild the edge, then sort ruthlessly by colour and texture, because that is all you\nhave.\u003c\/b\u003e No reference picture means the usual method is gone. What replaces it is grouping: all\nthe skin tones, all the ceiling gold, all the floor. Wasgij artwork is drawn in hard black\noutline with flat fills, so pieces carrying a line are far more useful than pieces that do not,\nexactly as in any cartoon puzzle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExpect it to take longer than a normal 1000 and to be more satisfying when it lands.\u003c\/b\u003e\nThe reveal at the end is the product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eRange\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWasgij Christmas No. 21, A Very Merry Makeover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHoldson, made in New Zealand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePieces\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1000, one puzzle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinished size\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e68.6 x 48 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe catch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe solved image is not on the box\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA little context\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWasgij is a numbered series and the Christmas titles are numbered separately from the rest,\nso collectors follow two sequences. Being a New Zealand-made Holdson edition also makes this a\nlocally produced puzzle in a category dominated by Germany and China, which is unusual enough to\nbe worth saying. Derived from multiple public data sources across retail, search and community platforms, refreshed 31 August 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStock is real and it is in Sydney.\u003c\/b\u003e Free shipping Australia wide over $150, and free same-day delivery inside 6 km of North Bondi with no minimum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuilt it already? Use the Questions section below and tell us how you found it.\u003c\/b\u003e Which part fought you, how long it took, and whether you would send someone else to it. 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In a \u003cb\u003eDestiny\u003c\/b\u003e, you build\nthe \u003cb\u003esame scene at a different point in time\u003c\/b\u003e. The box shows you a modern office; the\npuzzle is that office in another era, and you have to reason your way there from the clues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is on the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA boardroom mid-meeting, and it is not going well. Eight people around a long table with\nlaptops, coffee cups and a plate of pastries. A woman in a black suit standing at the head of\nthe table presenting, a flip chart beside her with a red line going emphatically downwards, and\na screen on the back wall listing management objectives. One man asleep with his head back,\nanother checking his phone under the table, a woman in a spotted blouse looking exasperated.\nPortraits on the wall, a potted palm in the corner, a city skyline through the windows on the\nleft, and mice running along the floor and up the table leg where nobody has noticed them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is like to build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are sorting blind, so sort hard.\u003c\/b\u003e No reference for the solved image means colour\nand texture families are everything: skin tones, the greys and navies of suiting, the wood of\nthe table, the window light. Wasgij art is drawn in heavy black outline over flat fill, so a\npiece carrying a line is worth several that do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuild the border properly and do not skip it.\u003c\/b\u003e On a normal puzzle the frame is a\nconvenience. Here it is one of the few pieces of structure you can be certain about.\n\u003cb\u003eExpect longer than a standard 1000 and a better payoff.\u003c\/b\u003e The reveal is the product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eRange\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWasgij Destiny No. 24, Business as Usual\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMade by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHoldson, made in New Zealand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePieces\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1000\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinished size\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e68.6 x 48 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe catch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe solved image is not on the box\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA little context\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWasgij is the clearest example in the category of a puzzle sold on a mechanic rather than a\npicture, which is why the strands matter: somebody who loves Destiny may not enjoy Mystery at\nall. It is worth knowing which one you are buying. Being a New Zealand-made Holdson edition also\nmakes this a locally produced puzzle in a category dominated by Germany and China.\nDerived from multiple public data sources across retail, search and community platforms, refreshed 31 August 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStock is real and it is in Sydney.\u003c\/b\u003e Free shipping Australia wide over $150, and free same-day delivery inside 6 km of North Bondi with no minimum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuilt it already? Use the Questions section below and tell us how you found it.\u003c\/b\u003e Which part fought you, how long it took, and whether you would send someone else to it. 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Along the left, a waiting area with a green bench,\ncustomers holding small dogs, a shaggy grey dog straining at its lead, a cat on a windowsill, and\na magazine on the floor. Posters of groomed dogs on every wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is like to build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSort by colour family and by line.\u003c\/b\u003e With no reference picture, grouping replaces the\nimage: skin tones, the pale yellow walls, the checkerboard tiling, and the block colours of the\naprons and clothes. Wasgij art is heavy black outline over flat fill, so any piece carrying a\nline is worth several that do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe tiled floor is your best structural feature\u003c\/b\u003e, a hard repeating grid running across\nthe bottom third. 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